There were also two grenades, a silencer, an overcapacity magazine, balaclavas and latex gloves. Police believe the blueberry farm, co-owned by a man linked to the Brothers Keepers gang, was being used as a staging ground by would-be hitmen. No charges were laid in connection with the rural property on 240th Street. But owner Dave Sharma and other family members were taken to court last year by the B.C. government, which alleged the 17-acre farm was being used for criminal activity. After first denying the allegations in court documents, the Sharma family agreed to settle the claim in October by paying more than $200,000 to the director of civil forfeiture.
I put this weekend feature together over the course of a few days last week to try to put in some context all the violence we have seen so far this year. Unfortunately the violence is continuing with the May 22 murders in Coquitlam and Calgary, as well as the May 20 hit in Nanaimo – all of which appear to be linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. Here’s the weekend feature: Anatomy of a Metro Vancouver hit: Imported hit men, kill kits, guns.
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Police and politicians tried again Friday to allay public fears after the latest fatal shooting, this time of a Brothers Keepers gangster suspected of being linked to Sunday’s gang murder at Vancouver airport.
Jaskeert Kalkat, 23, was gunned down about 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Burnaby’s Market Crossing mall at Marine Way and Byrne Road.
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Two other people were also shot, a man and a woman who were also “known to police, ” said Sgt. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. They were taken to hospital with “severe injuries, but they are expected to survive.”
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Relatives of the man gunned down in Burnaby Saturday are remembering him as “a loving kind gentle young man” who cared deeply for his family and friends.
Toni Dalipi, 19, was shot to death outside of a vape store on 6th Street near 13th Avenue about 7 p.m. Saturday.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating the murder the latest in a series of fatal shootings across the Lower Mainland in recent weeks.
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Six years ago, Surrey RCMP warned people to steer clear of gangster Karman Grewal after he and his friends were shot at but refused to cooperate with police.
On Sunday, Grewal, who was associated to the United Nations gang, was gunned down in a brazen public execution at Vancouver International Airport.
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The killer or killers opened fire at about 3 p.m. in front of the international terminal on the departures level.